{"id":504,"date":"2009-01-29T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T11:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=504"},"modified":"2009-01-29T11:03:44","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T11:03:44","slug":"davos-world-economic-forum-the-fixers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/davos-world-economic-forum-the-fixers\/","title":{"rendered":"Davos World Economic Forum &#8211; the fixers ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I cant help laughing. I see TV coverage of all the world&#8217;s  bussiness, economic and political leaders gathering together to network and party over a weekend. And the world press says &#8220;they are discussing how to save the world from the current financial mess&#8221;<br \/>\nHang on, are these not just the people that caused the mess in the first place ?  Striving as they were towards more and more wealth in the name of entrepreneurship and progress ? How are they going save the world ?  Assuming as they do, that the greater their own or their company&#8217;s market value, the better off the world was.<br \/>\nWhat is needed is a complete rethinking of the way  wealth is distributed in this world.  The people in Davos are too self centered to think that way. Maybe they should all buy little cottages in Davos and stay there for a year or so, while the world re-aligns itself economically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cant help laughing. I see TV coverage of all the world&#8217;s bussiness, economic and political leaders gathering together to network and party over a weekend. 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